Real-life footage used to tackle grog-fuelled bashings

Sunshine Coast police say they hope a new media campaign using real footage of violent assaults will help curb alcohol-fuelled violence.

Senior Constable Mark Readman says while the number of assaults has decreased on the coast by 9 per cent in the past five years, there has been an 8 per cent surge over summer.

"Over the summer, yes, we've had an increase in assaults and we, the police, and the public, are rightly concerned about the frequency of the severe assaults and that's what we're looking at at the moment," he said.

"So just why, what are the triggers causing these severe assaults to occur and the frequency of them over the summer?"

He says police are gathering footage of assaults for a montage video to educate people about the dangers of excessive drinking.

"One of the strategies we're looking at was sending a request out to all the offices," he said.

"They carry smart phones and cameras ... we're looking for that footage and we're going to montage that all together to have an increased media campaign just for the Sunshine Coast, looking at the Sunshine Coast footage - we want to show to the public this has serious consequences."